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UPDATE: 3 suspects arrested for Henderson fatal shooting

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UPDATE JUNE 1:

Henderson Detectives identified a 16-year-old male juvenile, a 17-year-old male juvenile, and a 22-year-old male adult who were involved in the incident and responsible for committing Murder in the 1st Degree during a Robbery. The two juveniles have been taken into custody and 22-year-old Joseph DeFrancisco was booked into the Henderson Detention Center.

This is an open investigation and additional charges may be coming.

This is being investigated as the sixth homicide in Henderson for 2019. Anyone with information in this case is urged to call the Henderson Police Department at 702-267-4911, 3-1-1 or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555

ORIGINAL STORY:

1 person is dead after being shot near Major Avenue and Van Wagenen Street in Henderson on Friday morning.

Henderson police say that the shooting was likely drug related.

2 other people, both juveniles, were transported to a local hospital. They are in critical condition.

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